Megan Khang birdied 4 of her final 5 holes en path to a 4-under 68 on Saturday to stick atop the leaderboard after 3 rounds of motion on the CPKC Ladies’s Open in Vancouver.
After grabbing a one-stroke lead after two rounds, Khang totaled six birdies towards two bogeys to transport to 11-under 205 for the match. She holds a three-stroke lead over South Korea’s Sei Younger Kim, who matched Saturday’s low spherical with a 5-under 67 at Shaughnessy Golfing and Nation Membership.
“It used to be large,” Khang stated of her robust end. “I imply, with I need to say 13 being reachable, I had a sense like numerous folks, numerous the longer hitters had been going so as to get to that inexperienced, most likely make eagle, if no longer birdie or par.
“And I simply sought after to present myself a possibility up there. I knew the place the pin used to be it used to be gettable. Yeah, I imply, that more or less began all of it. I needed to hit some actually excellent pictures moving into; ignored few excellent putts.”
The spotlight of the day got here on the par-3 8th, the place Kim recorded a hole-in-one. She additionally eagled the par-4 14th and collected 3 birdies to assist struggle a couple of bogeys.
“That gap more or less isn’t simple as a result of to the pin is 160 meters,” Kim stated of No. 8. “I took the 5-iron and hit the actually cast, ball flight actually superior.
“Numerous folks like louder so it sounds adore it’s were given in. … So, yeah, really feel nice, superior.”
Fellow South Korean Jin Younger Ko is in sole ownership of 3rd after firing a 71 on Saturday. She sits 5 pictures again at 6 below 210.
Japan’s Yuka Saso (72 on Saturday) and England’s Georgia Corridor (70) are tied for fourth. Jodi Ewart Shadoff of England matched Kim’s 67 to shoot 27 spots up the leaderboard into 6th, one stroke forward of Australian Hannah Inexperienced (72).
The Swedish duo of Linnea Strom and Linn Grant struggled, as Strom shot a 1-over 73 and Grant posted a 4-over 76. They each sit down T8 with Jeongeun Lee6 of South Korea (71).
Seven gamers, together with International No. 2 Nelly Korda, are tied for eleventh at 1 below.
—Box Degree Media
